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Colin Gordon

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Vice-chair of @grassrootseu.bsky.social https://grassrootsforeurope.org/summary-reports/ Director @europeanmovement.co.uk https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/colingordon/ See also https://independent.academia.edu/GordonColin

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's authoritarian actions - Sunday 5th October 2025
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Brilliant summary with some hopeful elements.

Trump's authoritarian actions - Sunday 5th October 2025

Today is all about trying - and failing - to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Chicago

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 13h

[Just learned from this about the Presidential "Roundtable"]
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Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video) open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

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Lori Regattieri @followlori.bsky.social · Jul 30

Katrina Forrester’s review of Melinda Cooper new book. Capitalism has shifted from production‑driven accumulation to a system organized by asset price appreciation. The fundamental class relationship today is not between labor and capital but btw rentiers and debtors... www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Katrina Forrester · ‘I appreciate depreciation’: Dynastic Capitalism

Austerity is a choice. The protection of the family at the expense of other ways of living is a choice. The transfer of...

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 1d

After Another Sham Election in Georgia, the Country’s Citizens Persist at www.justsecurity.org/122040/georg...

After Another Sham Election in Georgia, the Country’s Citizens Persist

Georgians will fight for their democracy. The ruling party is now one more paranoid, insecure dictatorship that knows its days are numbered.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 2d

Is Murder still illegal?

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 1d

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/str...
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Important analysis of UK democratic vulnerabiities, as now illustrated by USA.
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Strengthening the institutions we rely on

A new report finds that the UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

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Helen Johnston @hj4euinspain.bsky.social · 1d

New report finds UK’s top scientific institutions have inadequate institutional defences to prevent potential political interference.
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Strengthening the institutions we rely on

A new report finds that the UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 2d

Our Gaza series continues with Episode 6...

OTTOMAN GAZA

Through gunpowder conquest, the Ottomans ruled over Gaza from the 1500s to the early 1900s. How did they shape the region?
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 2d

🔴 Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 1d

Fear for my life: an asylum seeker speaks centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/h...
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Fear for my life: an asylum seeker speaks

We hear the voice of an asylum seeker escaping from danger, his views on the current protests and his gratitude for shelter in the UK

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 2d

Top 10 authoritarian things Trump has done since Sunday...
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Top 10 authoritarian things Trump has done since Sunday...

Mostly continuing his theme of deploying the military against Democratic states plus some anti-science actions

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 3d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 3d

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Leaving ECHR breaches Good Friday Agreement, says Grieve

Leaving the Convention "plainly in breach of the Good Friday agreement" says former Attorney General.

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 3d

Reposting this extraordinary story while deleting my original quote post due to some subsequent reporting I want to thread in …

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 4d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's authoritarian actions - Sunday 5th October 2025
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Brilliant summary with some hopeful elements.

Trump's authoritarian actions - Sunday 5th October 2025

Today is all about trying - and failing - to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Chicago

open.substack.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 4d

It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 4d

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From @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk
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The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours. It’s a one-stop-shop for logging the lot. And the meta-anal...

TikTok video by Mike Galsworthy

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 5d

Trump's authoritarian actions - Fri 3 October 2025
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Trump's authoritarian actions - Fri 3 October 2025

Bumper day today with 15 recorded actions. Here I go through the top 8

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 6d

The IHRA (re)definition of antisemitism, a warrant for genocide.

Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 6d

Timothy Snyder: "Show of Force" open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

"Show of Force"

And the revival of democracy

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 6d

A fine book by a great historian, published just over a week ago. A terrible slice of European history which could have been written to help think about today's news.

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Starting to be very afraid’: Italy’s Gaza protests raise pressure on Meloni

With strikes and demonstrations, intensifying Italian opposition to Israel’s war is challenging the PM’s stance

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 6d

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Required daily watching.
Thanks @chrischirp.bsky.social
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Top 10 Trump authoritarian actions - Thurs 2nd Oct 2025

Busy day today - highlight the top 10 authoritarian actions today

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 9d

30 September 2025 - 13 Trump authoritarian actions
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30 September 2025 - 13 Trump authoritarian actions

A quick overview of 13 authoritarian things Trump and his administration did on Tuesday 30 September

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 10d

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit to blame for Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes, Labour MP claims.
Andrew Lewin has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain stayed in the EU.

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 11d

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A deepfake Trumpian healthcare miracle.